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Ni asked for volunteers and brought

Raj, a twentysomething Indian software

engineer at a Fortune 500 company, to

the front of the room. Raj was dressed

in the Silicon Valley uniform of casual

button-down shirt and chinos, but his

body language was defensive. He stood

with his arms crossed protectively over

his chest, scuffing at the ground with

his hiking boots. Earlier that morning,

when we’d gone around the room introducing

ourselves, he’d told us, in a

tremulous voice from his seat in the

back row, that he wanted to learn “how

to make more conversation” and “to be

more open.”

Professor Ni asked Raj to tell the

class about his plans for the rest of the

weekend.

“I’m going to dinner with a friend,”

replied Raj, looking fixedly at Ni, his

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